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- DirectorFrank CapraStarsGlenn FordBette DavisHope LangeA New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
- DirectorJames A. FitzPatrickStarsMary AndersonVernon DentLou RademanFanciful account of how Mendelssohn came to write "The Wedding March."
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsJames CagneyBette DavisStuart ErwinA financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBette DavisJoan CrawfordVictor BuonoA former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
- DirectorMyron J. SwartzStarsLou MarcelleGeorge GarfieldJerry ColonnaA general paean to the dying art of the blacksmith and more specifically to the skills of George Garfield, blacksmith to the Hollywood stars.
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsBette DavisSterling HaydenNatalie WoodA washed-up movie queen finds romance, but still desires a comeback.
- StarsPete SmithFrank RichardsA short compilation of newsreel clips featuring people performing strange stunts with humorous narration added by Pete Smith.
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonCyril CusackBrutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.
- DirectorJoshua LoganStarsWilliam HoldenKim NovakBetty FieldEmotions are ignited among the complacent townsfolk when a handsome drifter arrives in a small Kansas community on the morning of the Labor Day picnic.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsJames StewartKim NovakJack LemmonA modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsRobert BenchleyRuth LeeJohn ScarneJoseph A. Doakes goes into a toy shop looking for a gift for his 12-year-old son, and the clerk shows him a box of magic tricks. After a store employee demonstrates several of them, Doakes purchases the box - as well as a larger, more advanced set - and starts demonstrating them for his son, who has low expectations for this display and is totally bored. For some unknown reason, the tricks worked better in the store than they do at home, even though instructions are included. When one trick actually works, Doakes is pleasantly startled by the outcome. In the final trick, Doakes makes himself disappear. Where he ends up after the trick is over must remain a mystery until you see this short film.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsFred MacMurrayKim NovakPhilip CareyAn undercover police officer falls for the beautiful moll of a bank robber on the run, and together they plan to double-cross the hood and the cops.
- DirectorCharles WaltersStarsBing CrosbyGrace KellyFrank SinatraWith socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
- 1985– 1h 25mTV-148.1 (150)TV EpisodeDirectorGary GiddinsKendrick SimmonsStarsLouis ArmstrongHattie WinstonMelvin Van PeeblesHome movies, film clips, and interviews provide insight into the remarkable life and career of jazz trumpeter and bandleader Louis Armstrong.
- DirectorVincent ShermanStarsIda LupinoSydney GreenstreetWilliam PrinceA traveling saleswoman convinces an army lieutenant to pose as her husband so that she can rent an apartment during the World War II housing shortage.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsMarianne StoneLionel MurtonLisa GastoniAfter heavy fog prevents all aircraft from leaving London airport, a group of passengers take an airline bus to get them to an alternative airport. However, one amongst their number is the mastermind behind a bullion robbery at the airport... and particularly keen to escape the fog.
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsMargaret RutherfordRon MoodyBernard CribbinsA tiny country persuades the Americans and Soviets that they're starting a space program, when they really just want some money for new plumbing.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsNorman WisdomMargaret RutherfordJill DixonNorman works in a high-class jewellers and dreams of buying an expensive necklace for a shop girl who works across the street. His chance comes when he places a £1 accumulator on the horse races at Goodwood.
- StarsJames A. FitzPatrickThis Traveltalks entry visits British institutions of higher learning at Cambridge, Oxford, and Eton.
- DirectorHarold FrenchStarsMichael WildingMargaret RutherfordPenelope Dudley-WardWhile bird-fancier Lady Christabel Beauclark (Dame Margaret Rutherford) scurries around demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family's butler, Tom Gilbey (Michael Wilding). The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsKirk DouglasRobert MitchumRichard WidmarkIn 1843, a former U.S. Senator leads a wagon train of settlers to Oregon, but his megalomania leads to growing dissatisfaction with his leadership.
- StarsHoward HillKnox ManningBuster WilesThis Warner Bros. documentary short features Howard Hill billed in the opening credits as the the "World's Greatest Archer". Before setting off to hunt the dangerous wild boar, he demonstrates his prowess with the bow and arrow by slaying a hawk and shooting at a number of small object from a great distance. As for he boar hunt, he also demonstrates a steely resolve in the face of the wild animal.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsRobert MitchumElsa MartinelliJack HawkinsIn colonial Malaysia, British big game-hunter Otto Abbot and American trapper Harry Stanton clash over the ethics of catching versus killing animals and over Abbot's mistress, Anna.
- DirectorCharles BartonWalter LantzStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloLon Chaney Jr.The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloNancy GuildTwo bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloBoris KarloffTwo bumbling American cops hunt for the mysterious Mr. Hyde in London, England.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGeorge O'HanlonIris AdrianDiane BrewsterJoe and Alice go on separate vacations to do things for themselves: makeovers via plastic surgery. Then they meet at a bar not recognizing each other because they look so different. Names changed to protect the innocent.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloCharles LaughtonRocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure.
- DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsClark GableGreta GarboThe Marx BrothersA compilation of scenes from classic MGM comedies from the silent era up to 1948's "A Southern Yankee." Among the films showcased are "The Thin Man, " "A Night at the Opera, " "Dinner at Eight" and "Bonnie Scotland."
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsVan JohnsonEsther WilliamsFrances GiffordA swim teacher and a wealthy businessman are married after a brief courtship. A charming war hero falls in love with this newly-married woman, after her husband abandons her on their honeymoon for the sake of a business meeting.
- DirectorCharles WaltersStarsEsther WilliamsVan JohnsonTony MartinAn aquatic performer tries to attract the man she loves.
- DirectorCharles WaltersJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsEsther WilliamsFernando LamasJack CarsonWith her promoter-trainer and family in tow, Katie Higgins swims her way from the Arkansas Ozarks to foggy London and the English Channel. - SimonJack
- StarsJohn BarrymoreJames CagneyAnna CaseThis short was made for the express purpose of noting the 20th Anniversary of Warners' Vitaphone sound-on-film process and also was made to be released concurrently, and shown on the same bill, with Warners' Night and Day (1946). And that is what happened. If a theatre-goer saw "Night and Day" on first-run in any theatre, they also saw "Okay for Sound". Unless they arrived late, and then didn't stay for the "Extra Added Attractions".
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsWilliam PowellEsther WilliamsAngela LansburyA former reporter returns home after serving in the Army during World War I and discovers that finding work is more difficult than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay Lorrison (Esther Williams), who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game, but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929. The Depression's lows uncovers new plateaus that this vet couldn't foresee while raking in the big bucks. Spiritual nudges help Our Man to finally see the light that money can't buy everything, especially the love and happiness he's been searching for.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsEsther WilliamsLauritz MelchiorJimmy DuranteExpected to follow his opera star father into the business, but discontent with his life, a young man pursues a career in popular music and romances the aquatic ballet dancer he met during his time in the service.
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsBarbra StreisandGeorge SegalRobert KleinA stuffy author enters into an explosive relationship with his neighbor, a foul-mouthed, freewheeling prostitute.
- DirectorBryan ForbesStarsGeorge SegalTom CourtenayJames FoxFast-talking wheeler-dealer Corporal King is stuck in a Malaysian P.O.W. camp during World War II and uses bribery and larceny to take de-facto control of the camp.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsJane FondaGeorge SegalEd McMahonWhen a successful, middle-class couple finds themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsGeorge SegalElliott GouldAnn PrentissWhen a casual gambler (George Segal as Bill) befriends a professional one (Elliott Gould as Charlie), he begins to mirror his life, sending both deeper into the sleazy gambling world where the stakes keep getting bigger.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsKathryn GraysonAva GardnerHoward KeelThe daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsKathryn GraysonRed SkeltonHoward KeelThree Broadway producers struggling to get backing for their show, hope one's sudden inheritance of a half interest in a Parisian fashion house is the answer. They travel to Paris only to learn the salon is in debt and requires their help.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsKathryn GraysonJosé IturbiEthel BarrymoreIn Philadelphia, the soprano Prudence Budell returns from Europe after a period of five years training in the best Europeans music schools. Her millionaire grandmother Abigail Trent Budell sponsors an opera company under the command of the famous maestro Jose Iturbi to give a chance to Prudence to lead an opera. They hire the also famous tenor Guido Russino Betelli, but Prudence does not feel comfortable with him on the stage. When Prudence accidentally sees the American-Italian truck driver Johnny Donnetti singing opera, she convinces Jose Iturbi to give a chance to Johnny. They fall in love for each other, but when Prudence visits his work to tell that he will be hired, she meets Mary and she believes Johnny is in love of his colleague.
- DirectorEarl FrankStarsPete SmithIn this Pete Smith Speciality, a raccoon spends the night looking for food for his family. After his encounters with a skunk, a frog, and a menacing bobcat, he experiences the dangers in a vacant cabin.
- DirectorRoger VadimStarsJane FondaJohn Phillip LawAnita PallenbergIn the 41st century, an astronaut partakes in sexy misadventures while seeking to stop an evil scientist who threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsGregory PeckLee RemickHarvey StephensMysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?
- DirectorVincente MinnelliFred ZinnemannStarsJudy GarlandRobert WalkerJames GleasonIn 1945, during a 48-hour leave, a soldier accidentally meets a girl at Pennsylvania Station and spends his leave with her, eventually falling in love with the lovely New Yorker.
- DirectorJohn CassavetesStarsBurt LancasterJudy GarlandGena RowlandsJean Hansen joins the staff at a state training institution for developmentally challenged children. When she disagrees with teaching methods used for a 12-year-old autistic boy, the principal does not believe her approach is the answer.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsRobert YoungRandolph ScottDean JaggerWhen Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsHedy LamarrRobert YoungRuth HusseyA man who lived his life as he was advised to do, not how he would have chosen to, is brought out of his shell by a beautiful young woman.
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsRobert YoungSusan HaywardJane GreerOn trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable-sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
- DirectorKing VidorJack ConwayW.S. Van DykeStarsSpencer TracyRobert YoungWalter BrennanLangdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They set out for Fort Wentworth, but when they arrive they find no soldiers and none of the supplies they expected.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsMeryl StreepRobert RedfordKlaus Maria BrandauerIn 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
- DirectorRod LurieStarsRobert RedfordJames GandolfiniMark RuffaloA court-martialed General rallies together twelve hundred inmates to rise against a corrupt and sadistic warden.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobert RedfordRobert DuvallGlenn CloseA middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJane WymanDennis MorganEve ArdenJennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters a secret prototype submarine piloted by Bill Craig. Trying to explain her absence after her boat sinks becomes very difficult as Bill and his cohorts attempt to discredit her story.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsGregory PeckJane WymanClaude Jarman Jr.A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsWill Rogers Jr.Jane WymanCarl Benton ReidThe homespun humorist and social critic starts as a cowboy and goes on to vaudeville, movies, and radio.
- DirectorMorton DaCostaStarsRobert PrestonTony RandallGiorgia MollA con man named Steve Blair enlists out-of-work, drunk writer Paul Ferris to write a fictitious screenplay he hopes will be funded by a rich, but unethical producer, Tony Dallas. Blair then plans to scam the money from Dallas.
- DirectorHoward WinnerStarsAndré BaruchSpence BurtonThomas Daniel KnoxThis Sportscope features the annual Out Island Regatta held annually in the Bahamas.
- DirectorTim WhelanStarsMerle OberonLaurence OlivierBinnie BarnesDivorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client.
- DirectorCrane WilburStarsJohn LitelGloria HoldenTed OsborneIn this classic story, US Army Lt. Philip Nolan is upset with his assignment to a remote outpost with no possibility for promotion. He intends to join Aaron Burr, who plans to form a new country in the lands west of the Mississippi River. Before he can get away, Nolan is charged with treason. At his court martial, he angrily tells the tribunal that he never wants to see or hear of the United States again. He gets his wish, and is sentenced to permanent, lifetime exile aboard US ships at sea. No crew member can mention anything about the United States within his hearing, and in the books he is allowed to read, all references to the United States are removed.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsBurt LancasterLee MarvinRobert RyanAn arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsPaul NewmanLee MarvinStrother MartinBroke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy gets mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked rancher.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsWilliam HurtLee MarvinBrian DennehyA Moscow police officer investigates a vicious triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level international political conspiracy.
- DirectorMark RobsonMonte HellmanStarsLee MarvinRobert ShawLinda EvansSoviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe.
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsIngrid BergmanYul BrynnerHelen HayesAn opportunistic businessman tries to pass off a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and she is so convincing that even the biggest skeptics believe her.
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsIngrid BergmanCharles BoyerCharles LaughtonIllegal refugees lead dark lives in pre-World War II Paris.
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsIngrid BergmanYves MontandAnthony PerkinsA successful business woman, dissatisfied with her current, philandering lover, starts an affair with a much younger man.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyJoan BlondellRuby KeelerChester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsMerriel Abbott DancersMary HowardTruman BradleyPenny, the dance captain/manager of the Abbott Dancers, who are just concluding their engagement at the Cocoanut Grove, and Tommy are just about to be married, Penny to join the dance troupe in San Francisco after the conclusion of the honeymoon. But in also being mother hen to the girls in both professional and personal matters, Penny, in having to put out one fire too many for the girls, may risk her relationship with Tommy altogether. In feeling like the problems between Penny and Tommy are their fault, the girls do a little subterfuge to try and the get the pair back together in wedded bliss.
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsDoris DayJames CagneyCameron MitchellA fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanJack ConwayVictor FlemingStarsJanet GaynorFredric MarchAdolphe MenjouA young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsFredric MarchVirginia BrucePatsy KellyA young heiress runs away from her overprotective grandfather. Penniless on the streets of New York, she manages to find employment, but a reporter knows her true identity.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsCarey WilsonTom NealCarey Wilson tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien who suffered a living death in order to bring hope and God's comfort to the lepers confined on Molokai Island.